Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:32:25 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Ivan Fetch <ifetch@cs.du.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using DVD for backups? Message-ID: <3EA82DB9.2050203@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0304241223550.9411-100000@everest.cs.du.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0304241223550.9411-100000@everest.cs.du.edu>
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Ivan Fetch wrote: > Hello, > I'd like to start using a DVD drive for backups on a FreeBSD > 5.0-Release machine. I'm curious whether others out there already do > this, and have particular recommendations for DVD drives known to work? > My hope was that I could use the "IDE SCSI emulation" pat of the cam > driver and use cdrecord with the DVD drive as well. Already done this. Works well. See this page for info: http://www.whiterose.net/~mrpink/freebsd/dvdr.php I used the same Pioneer DVD burner he did. Also, used the same version of DVD-Record as he lists in the article. I was unable to get the newer version to work. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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